Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Oldcourt (talbotstown Upper By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcourt (talbotstown Upper By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02737, -6.72311
- SMR number
- WI014-002----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the level summit of a low hill. Small circular area described locally as being defined by a bank, and known as the 'old town'. Marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as 'Site of Burial Ground'. Price (1949, 155) mentions several cross-slabs here of which nothing is now known. Not visible at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 147/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.